Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:49:55 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nfe(4) vs. nve(4) Message-ID: <20070606134955.GJ89017@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070602084210.GC1140@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <20070602084210.GC1140@cdnetworks.co.kr>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 05:42:10PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: P> As you know we have two drivers, nve(4) and nfe(4), in tree to serve P> nVidia network adapters. nve(4) was the first driver for nVidia P> network adapters and it relied on binary code(nvenetlib.o) from vendor P> to access the hardware. Using the binary code revealed several issues P> and David E. O'Brien imported FreeBSD nfe(4) which was ported by P> Shigeaki Tagashira from OpenBSD nfe(4). Just my 1 penny: we've got a lot of servers running 6.2-PRERELEASE with nfe(4) driver. No problems encountered. nve(4) wasn't usable when we started to deploy that mainboards. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070606134955.GJ89017>